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Progressive Era Study Guide

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What is the definition of Progressivism?
A reform movement that sought to return control of the government to the people.
Which president was originally elected in part because two other candidates split their votes?
Woodrow Wilson
Which president actions split the Republican party after he angered progressives?
William Howard Taft
Who was most well known for being an advocate for improving the lives of children?
Florence Kelley
Who wrote the book The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
The name of Theodore Roosevelt's progressive reform was called?
Square Deal
Which state was the first to grant suffrage to women?
Wyoming
Which state got to vote only in Presidential Elections?
Minnesota
In 1919 were women allowed to vote in Missouri in what kind of elections?
Presidential Elections
Muckrakers were
journalists
The book The Jungle exposed unsanitary conditions in the ___.
eat-packing industry
The law that requires truthful labels was the ___.
Pure Food and Drug Act
The primary goal of the NAACP was ___.
equality among the races
Which group of people gained most from the ratification of the 17th Amendment?
ordinary citizens
Which event led to an increase in workplace safety laws?
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Which event allowed Teddy Roosevelt to become President of the United States?
William McKinley being assassinated
Which southern state NOT try to use to keep black Americans from voting?
The 19th Amendment
Which of the following best describes Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that were designed to keep black Americans at a lower status than whites.
Which Supreme Court case had the effect of creating a "separate but equal" status for black and white Americans?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What was NOT a common rule in the south for black Americans under racial etiquette?
Black employees would be paid the same as white employees
What pairs of people are most associated with trying to end segregation?
W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington
Which Amendments created the direct election of U.S. Senators?
17th
Which of the following Amendments created suffrage for women?
19th
In the Presidential election of 1912, how many electoral votes did Woodrow Wilson win?
435
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